TY - JOUR
T1 - The status of allies in pre-islamic and early islamic arabian society
AU - Landau-Tasseron, Ella
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2006
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - In pre-Islamic and early Islamic times many tribes accepted outsiders into their midst by means of a certain type of alliance. In this article I investigate the integration and the status of such allies within the host tribes. As indicators of integration, I examine marriage and adoption cases involving allies, and the way in which allies used tribal nisbas. The status of allies is reflected in accounts of their conduct and the ways in which they were treated. I conclude that there were no strict rules governing the integration of allies; and that not all allies shared the same status even though they belonged to the same category.
AB - In pre-Islamic and early Islamic times many tribes accepted outsiders into their midst by means of a certain type of alliance. In this article I investigate the integration and the status of such allies within the host tribes. As indicators of integration, I examine marriage and adoption cases involving allies, and the way in which allies used tribal nisbas. The status of allies is reflected in accounts of their conduct and the ways in which they were treated. I conclude that there were no strict rules governing the integration of allies; and that not all allies shared the same status even though they belonged to the same category.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064384471&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1163/156851906775275484
DO - 10.1163/156851906775275484
M3 - ???researchoutput.researchoutputtypes.contributiontojournal.systematicreview???
AN - SCOPUS:85064384471
SN - 0928-9380
VL - 13
SP - 6
EP - 32
JO - Islamic Law and Society
JF - Islamic Law and Society
IS - 1
ER -